Essential Quality

Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week: 3-Year-Olds Dominate The Headlines

This class of 3-year-olds might be one of the deeper groups we’ve seen in a long time, as they proved once again this past weekend by dominating the headlines in […]

Saratoga

Essential Quality’s Class Prevails Over Keepmeinmind To Win Jim Dandy

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality‘s class advantage helped him prevail over a gutsy rail-skimming Keepmeinmind to win Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. Essential Quality […] Read More

Race Previews

Jim Dandy Preview: Will the Graveyard of Champions Claim Another Victim?

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) returns to its normal place on the racing schedule this Saturday at Saratoga and drew a field of six runners, […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 510: Jim Dandy Preview and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, then give rapid-fire selections for the remaining stakes action this weekend at Saratoga and Del Mar, including the […] Read More

Podcast

The Magic Mike Show 295: Saratoga Saturday Late Pick 4 Preview

The Magic Mike Show guys preview and give their tickets for Wednesday’s Late Pick 4 at Saratoga, a sequence featuring 3 graded stakes including Essential Quality in the Jim Dandy […] Read More

News

Racing Dudes Divisional Rankings 7/28/21: Jim Dandy Weekend Looms Large

Welcome to the 2021 Divisional Rankings! Each week, we rank the best thoroughbred horses in America based on their divisions. Let’s take a look at the rankings, including my latest […] Read More

Saratoga

Masqueparade Breezes For Jim Dandy

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – FTGGG Racing’s graded stakes winner Masqueparade breezed a 1/2-mile in 47.59 in company over a fast main track Friday in preparation for the $600,000 Jim Dandy […] Read More

News

Racing Dudes Divisional Rankings 7/21/21: Haskell Thriller Shakes Up Rankings

Welcome to the 2021 Divisional Rankings! Each week, we rank the best thoroughbred horses in America based on their divisions. Let’s take a look at the rankings, including my latest […] Read More

News

Essential Quality Breezes Saturday For Jim Dandy

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Godolphin homebred Essential Quality, last-out winner of the Belmont Stakes (G1) presented by NYRA Bets, breezed 5/8 in 1:01.81 on the Saratoga Race Course main track […] Read More

News

Racing Dudes Divisional Rankings 7/14/21: Saratoga and Del Mar Return

Welcome to the 2021 Divisional Rankings! Each week, we rank the best thoroughbred horses in America based on their divisions. Let’s take a look at the rankings, including my latest […] Read More